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Liao Nanjing
Nanjing was the name for modern Beijing during the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China, when the city was the empire's southern capital. To distinguish ''Nanjing'', which literally means "Southern Capital" in Chinese, from modern Nanjing in Jiangsu Province and Beijing Damingfu, the name for modern Daming County in Hebei Province during the Northern Song dynasty, Chinese historians sometimes refer to Beijing during the Liao dynasty as Liao Nanjing (). The Liao dynasty acquired the city, then known as Youzhou, in the cession of the Sixteen Prefectures in 938 by the Later Jin dynasty, one of the five short-lived dynasties that ruled northern China following the end of the Tang dynasty. The city was officially renamed Nanjing, Youdu Fu (南京幽都府). In 1012, the city was renamed Nanjing, Xijin Fu (南京析津府). The city was also colloquially referred to at the time as Yanjing. In 1122, the city was captured by the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty and was officially renamed Yanj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianning Temple Pagoda , Zhejiang
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Tianning may refer to the following locations in China: *Tianning District (天宁区), Changzhou, Jiangsu *Tianning Temple (other) (天宁寺), two temples * Tianning, Jiaocheng County (天宁镇), town and county seat of Jiaocheng County, Shanxi * Tianning, Jiashan County (天凝镇), town in Jiashan County Jiashan County () is a county in the north of Zhejiang Province, bordering Shanghai to the northeast and Jiangsu province to the north. It is administered by the prefecture-level city of Jiaxing. Jiashan is nicknamed "The Land of Fish and Rice", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurchen People
Jurchen (Manchu: ''Jušen'', ; zh, 女真, ''Nǚzhēn'', ) is a term used to collectively describe a number of East Asian Tungusic-speaking peoples, descended from the Donghu people. They lived in the northeast of China, later known as Manchuria, before the 18th century. The Jurchens were renamed Manchus in 1635 by Hong Taiji. Different Jurchen groups lived as hunter-gatherers, pastoralist semi-nomads, or sedentary agriculturists. Generally lacking a central authority, and having little communication with each other, many Jurchen groups fell under the influence of neighbouring dynasties, their chiefs paying tribute and holding nominal posts as effectively hereditary commanders of border guards. Chinese officials of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) classified them into three groups, reflecting relative proximity to China: # Jianzhou (Chinese: 建州) Jurchens, some of whom were mixed with Korean and Chinese populations, lived in the proximity of the Mudan river, the Changbai mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liao Dynasty Furniture
Liao may refer to: Chinese history * Liao (Zhou dynasty state) (蓼), two states in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn period in the 8th and 7th centuries BC * Liao of Wu (吳王僚) (died 515 BC), king of Wu during ancient China's Spring and Autumn period * Liao dynasty (遼朝) (916–1125), a dynasty of China ruled by the Khitan Yelü clan ** Northern Liao (北遼) (1122–1123), a regime in northern China ** Qara Khitai (西遼) (1124–1218), also called the "Western Liao", successor to the Liao dynasty in northwestern China and Central Asia ** Eastern Liao (東遼) (1213–1269), a regime in northeastern China ** Later Liao (後遼) (1216–1219), a regime in northeastern China Other uses * Liaoning, abbreviated as Liao (辽), a province of China * Liao (surname) (廖), a Chinese family name * Liao River The Liao River () is the principal river in southern Northeast China, and one of the seven main river systems in China. Its name derived from the Liao reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caishikou
Caishikou () is a neighborhood in Beijing, situated in Xicheng District. Part of it, known as Caishikou Execution Grounds (菜市口法场), was where most of Beijing's capital punishments were carried out during the Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ... and were open to public viewing. Caishikou is served by Caishikou Station, on lines 4 and 7 of the Beijing Subway. References {{coord, 39.8893, N, 116.3744, E, source:wikidata, display=title Neighbourhoods of Beijing Execution sites in China Xicheng District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hutong
''Hutong'' () are a type of narrow street or alley commonly associated with northern Chinese cities, especially Beijing. In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of ''siheyuan'', traditional courtyard residences. Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one ''siheyuan'' to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another. The word hutong is also used to refer to such neighbourhoods. Since the mid-20th century, many Beijing hutongs were demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, however, many hutongs have been designated as protected, in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history. Hutongs were first established in the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) and then expanded in the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties. Historical hutongs During China's dynastic period, emperors planned the city of Beijing and arranged the residential areas according to the social classes of the Zhou Dynasty (1027–25 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Cloud Temple
The White Cloud Temple, also known as Baiyun Temple or the Abbey or Monastery of the White Clouds, is a Taoist temple and monastery located in Beijing, China. It is one of "The Three Great Ancestral Courts" of the Quanzhen School of Taoism and is titled "The First Temple under Heaven". History The White Cloud Temple was first founded in the mid-8th century during the Tang dynasty and was initially called the Temple of Heavenly Perpetuity (''Tianchang Guan''). During this period, the abbey was state-sponsored and staffed by an elite clergy. From 1125 to 1215 when what is now Beijing was controlled by the Jin dynasty, the abbey served as the Taoist administrative headquarters and played an important role in state ceremonies. After Beijing was taken by the Mongols in 1215, the abbey was taken over by the Quanzhen patriarch Qiu Chuji and became the headquarters of the Quanzhen movement until the establishment of the Ming dynasty. Qiuwho himself was known by the name Master of Eterna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayuan Temple
The Fayuan Temple (), situated in the southwest quarter of central Beijing, is one of the city's oldest and most renowned Buddhist temples. History The Fayuan Temple, originally named the Minzhong Temple, was first built in 645 during the Tang dynasty by Li Shimin (Emperor Taizong), and later rebuilt in the Zhengtong era (1436–1449) of the Ming dynasty. Emperor Taizong founded the temple to commemorate his soldiers who died in his campaign against Goguryeo. The temple occupies an area of 6,700 square meters. The temple also contains a large number of cultural relics, including sculptures of ancient bronzes, stone lions, as well as gilded figures of the three Buddhas. The temple also features large number of Buddhist texts from the Ming and Qing dynasties. Structure It has a compact overall arrangement and buildings are arranged along the medial axis symmetrically. Main buildings there include the Gate of Temple, Heavenly King Hall, Main Hall, Hall of Great Compassion, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niujie Mosque - CIMG3696
Niujie () is a subdistrict in Xicheng District in southwest Beijing, China.Culinary delights: Beijing's Muslim cuisine " China Internet Information Center (China.org.cn). Retrieved on 5 January 2014. The name "Niujie" can refer to the street ''Niujie'' or to the neighborhood ''Niujie''.Wang, Zhou, and Fan, p. 113. The subdistrict was previously in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakyu
is an equestrian sport in East Asia with some similarities to polo. It also goes by the name of gyeokgu in Korea () since the Hanzi character 擊 () is transliterated as: ''gyeok'' or and carries the same meaning as the , which translates as: ''to beat, to strike,'' or ''to hit.'' As one might expect, translates to ''ball.'' History Originally from China, dakyu was played in Japan as early as the Nara period, making its way there via the Korean Peninsula. It remained popular amongst the aristocracy until the Kamakura period, when it gradually died out (the last recorded game being in 986). In the eighteenth century the game reappeared, largely due to support from Tokugawa Yoshimune. By this time it had evolved from a polo-like game (using mallets) to something more akin to mounted lacrosse. During this period, dakyu was considered a corollary to military training (working the skills needed to wield a spear from horseback). This aspect was downplayed in the Meiji era, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li (unit)
''Li'' (, ''lǐ'', or , ''shìlǐ''), also known as the Chinese mile, is a traditional Chinese unit of distance. The li has varied considerably over time but was usually about one third of an English mile and now has a standardized length of a half- kilometer (). This is then divided into 1,500 chi or "Chinese feet". The character 里 combines the characters for "field" ( 田, ''tián'') and "earth" ( 土, ''tǔ''), since it was considered to be about the length of a single village. As late as the 1940s, a "li" did not represent a fixed measure but could be longer or shorter depending on the ''effort'' required to cover the distance. There is also another ''li'' (Traditional: 釐, Simplified: 厘, ''lí'') that indicates a unit of length of a ''chi'', but it is used much less commonly. This ''li'' is used in the People's Republic of China as the equivalent of the ''centi-'' prefix in metric units, thus ''limi'' ( 厘米, límǐ) for centimeter. The tonal difference makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xuanwu District, Beijing
Xuanwu District () was a district of the Municipality of Beijing, China. It was located southwest to the city center, outside of Xuanwu Gate. The district was merged into Xicheng District in July 2010. Located outside the Imperial Inner City and predominantly reserved for the lower class, the district was over 16.5 km2 in size. Although historically considered a wealthy area of Beijing as one of the older districts of the former Imperial City, Xuanwu District underwent rapid changes in its recent history leading up its merger into Xicheng District. The area was also the birthplace of Peking Opera and housed the Caishikou Execution Grounds during the Qing Dynasty. Xuanwu District had a large Muslim population. Popular destinations in Xuanwu District include: * Niujie Mosque * Fayuan Temple * Liulichang—an antiques market *Huguang Guild Hall Economy Wenfei Wang, Shangyi Zhou, and C. Cindy Fan, the authors of "Growth and Decline of Muslim Hui Enclaves in Beijing," stated i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xicheng District
Xicheng District () is a district of Beijing. Xicheng District spans , covering the western half of the old city (largely inside the 2nd Ring Road - the eastern half is Dongcheng District), and has 706,691 inhabitants (2000 Census). Its postal code is 100032. Xicheng is subdivided into 15 subdistricts of the city proper of Beijing. The former Xuanwu District was merged into Xicheng in July 2010. The Xidan commercial district, Beijing Financial Street (Jinrongjie), Beihai Park, Jingshan Park, Shichahai and Zhongnanhai are within its jurisdiction. The popular Houhai bar area is also in Xicheng Precinct. Before the 1911 Revolution, most royalty and aristocrats resided in the precinct. The oldest Catholic church in Beijing, the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is located in Xicheng. Administrative divisions There are 15 subdistricts in the district: Economy COSCO has its headquarters in the Ocean Plaza building in Xicheng. The Xinhua News Agency has its headquarte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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